Kodi is a popular media center developed by the XBMC Foundation. It is an open-source software which means that its distribution is free to the public. Kodi is used by millions of users around the world and supported by a community of volunteers. With Kodi, you can play media files like videos, music and podcasts from the internet or locally in an easy and friendly way.
Overview
The architecture of Kodi is based on add-ons you need to install in order to extend its basic functionality. There are different types of add-ons for different purposes like watching TV shows, listening to songs, adding subtitles to movies and even getting the weather forecast. The amount of add-ons is huge, some of them are official Kodi add-ons and some are third-party add-ons. Each add-on focuses on its niche.
A repository is a collection of add-ons but may contain only one add-on. It is installed from a ZIP file found on the net or locally. Once a repository is installed you can choose which add-ons to install from it.
Kodi is available for multiple types of devices including desktops, laptops, tablets, mobiles and various operating systems.
Here is the list of the supported platforms:
Kodi supports a wide range of formats that make it easy to use as a media center.
Here is the list of the supported formats:
- Video formats: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.263, MPEG-4 SP and ASP, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, H.265, HuffYUV, Indeo, MJPEG, RealVideo, RMVB, Sorenson, WMV, Cinepak
- Audio formats: MIDI, AIFF, WAV/WAVE, AIFF, MP2, MP3, AAC, AACplus (AAC+), Vorbis, AC3, DTS, ALAC, AMR, FLAC, Monkey’s Audio (APE), RealAudio, SHN, WavPack, MPC/Musepack/Mpeg+, Shorten, Speex, WMA, IT, S3M, MOD (Amiga Module), XM, NSF (NES Sound Format), SPC (SNES), GYM (Genesis), SID (Commodore 64), Adlib, YM (Atari ST), ADPCM (Nintendo GameCube), CDDA
- Image formats: BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, MNG, ICO, PCX, Targa/TGA
- Subtitle formats: AQTitle, ASS/SSA, CC, JACOsub, MicroDVD, MPsub, OGM, PJS, RT, SMI, SRT, SUB, VOBsub, VPlayer